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UKOTs Programme achieves herbarium specimen digitisation milestone
by: Martin Hamilton, UK Overseas Territories team blog21 Dec 2010
Martin Hamilton from Kew's UK Overseas Territories team reports on the latest news about the UKOTs Programme specimen digitisation activities.
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Holly Walk's berries add festive feel
21 Dec 2010
Take a stroll down Kew's Holly Walk to see a multitude of red, black and white berries.
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The true value of nature
by: Christina Harrison, Kew magazine blog20 Dec 2010
Biodiversity loss stories do make headlines, but when and how will governments and businesses realise nature's true value and factor it into their accounts?
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New tropical mistletoe just in time for Christmas – one of many new discoveries from Kew this year
20 Dec 2010
As the UN’s International Year of Biodiversity draws to a close, scientists at Kew are celebrating the diversity of the planet’s plant and fungal life by highlighting some of the weird, wonderful and stunning discoveries they’ve made this year.
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Announcement from Defra on the Spending Review
20 Dec 2010
Defra has today made an announcement about the Spending Review across all of its Arms Length Bodies, more details of which can be found at www.defra.gov.uk.
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A story of wistful memories and RAW passion
by: Philip Smith, International Garden Photographer blog17 Dec 2010
In the first of three parts, International Garden Photographer of the Year organiser Philip Smith mourns the passing of film but looks at how shooting RAW files on your digital SLR helps develop creativity and technique.
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Settling into the Archives: catch up with our budding archivist
by: Sarah Cox, Library, Art and Archives blog17 Dec 2010
Kew's Archives Graduate Trainee, Sarah, blogs about her fascinating work and the new skills she is gaining three months in.
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Kew's 'Difficult' Seeds Project
17 Dec 2010
We have just launched brand new webpages for Kew's ‘Difficult’ Seeds Project, which supports crop gene banks and farmers in the conservation of plants used for food and agriculture in Africa. The webpages contain information about the project and 160 profile pages for species that have been identified as being difficult to handle, store or use.
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Welcome to Kew's Herbarium Blog
by: Emma Tredwell, Herbarium blog16 Dec 2010
Find out about the work of scientists in Kew’s Herbarium, including their expeditions to study plant and fungal life around the world.
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UKOTs Programme 2010 Internships
by: Martin Hamilton, UK Overseas Territories team blog15 Dec 2010
Martin Hamilton from Kew's UK Overseas Territories team reports on the latest news about the UKOTs Programme 2010 Internships.
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